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A wonderful clock.

An, ther great clock has been added to
tho boroloeical wonders Of the world-a
niece of mechanism that will vie with the
elaborate marvel Of strasburg Cathedral
and put the professional curiosity Of
Barne Tower into the shade. The latest
effort of the renowned Christian Martin
Of yillingen, in the Black Forest, is said
in its way to surpass anything Of the
kind vet attempted. 1t is three and
half metres high, two and three quarters
broad. and shows the seconds, minutes,
quarter hours, hocu, days, weeks months,
the four seasons the years, and leap
wears until the last sound Of the year
90. o99 Of the Christian era.
Moreover it tells ON its face the cor
rect time for VARIOUS latitudes, together
with the nloss> 5k~hc moon and vari-
ETY. Of useful information generally CON
fined to the pages Of an almanac.
1t also contains vast number Of
working figures representing the life of
man. the creed Of Christendom, and the
ancient pagan apd Teutonic mythoIo.
gies. Sixty separate and individualizod
statuettes strike the sixty minutes.
Death is represented, as in Holbein's fa-
nous dance in the form of skeleton.
In another part appear the Twelve
Apostles, the Seven Ages of Man, nod
elled after the description Of Shakespeare,
the four seasons, the twelve signs of the
Zodiac, and SO on.
During the night time a watchmau
sallies forth, and blows the hour upon
his horn, while at sunrise chanticleer APP
pears and crows Justify. The cuckoo
also calls, but only once year, on the
first day in spring. Besides the figures
there is a whole series of movable figures
in enamel, exhibiting in succession the
seven days of Creation and the fourteen
Stations of tho Cross. At a certain hour
a little sacristtn rings a bell in the spirc
and kneels down and folds his hands, as
if in prayer; and, above all, the musical
works arc said to have a sweet aud de-
licious fiuteike tone. 4 St. James Ga
| Zette.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-03-11
Getting A ssHoOse." :"

An English clergyman, living for
many years in Dovonshire relates the
following as a fair illustration Of the
quaint simplicity of the Deyonshiro
folk:
One very cold day in December he
was making parish calls and on coming
to a stream by foot bridge, was greatly
surprised on seeing below him one of his
dock waoing up to his knees in water,
for no apparent reason. He was blue
with cold, but his face wore a very de
:ermined aspect. Tho clergyman, great
y surprised, asked, "Why Robert,
what in the world are you aboutl
Have you lost anythingl"
cav, nav, sir" replied Robert; 81
aint lost nothin', but, you see, I be to
sing bass in the choir Christmas day, and
! be trying to get hoose" (vernacular
tor hoarseness. ~ Living Church,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-03-11
Hereditary IRebriety.

"Fhis is no Wholesale liquor store, f"
said the bartender, Indignantly, as he
suatehed the bottle away from a tough
looking citizen, who had called for q
drink Of whisky and filled the tumbler
to the brim,
Don't get mad about a little thing
like that" sad the customer.
But it is too big drink for any
body"
Not for me See here, do you be-
lieye in hereditary inebriety ?"
What's thatT'
appetite for drink handed down
from generation to general on.
Shouldn't wonder.
Well, I'm one Of them victims"
Needn't try to drink it all at one 90
if YOU are, growled the bartender.
"lll tell yon why / have to take
big drink, said the tough citizen. "My
rraadfathcr was a big drunkard and
his father, but the hereditary appetite
skipped my father and struck me.
What's that got to do W tn that big
drink? y
II have to drink for my father,
too. "-IerGs SUtiage.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-03-11
Peat Boys in Rnssia.

A Russian official report states that the
use Of peat as fuel in factories is rapidly
increasing, and from this circumstance
the price of peat bogs has risen so much
that bog is worth more than a we'll
timbered forest. Last year twenty-eight
peat-bogs belonging to the Crown were
being worked on leases, the total area
being 5000 acres. This year there are
thirty-three such bogs, with an area Of
so 600 acres, containing peat to the esti-
mated ektens of 40, 900, 600 Russian cubic
fathomsl Many manufacturers are Civ
inc up the use Of wood in favor OF peat,
aud this is especially the case in the
nrovincb of Vladimir Peat-cut,ing ma
chimes are supplied chiefly from Mo COW,
but fel w are sent from Belgium and
Germany. The fuel has been tried fol-
railway work, but SO tsr without any
great iceess.
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Splitting a Hurricane.

A hero of of an Overture tale in tire
Fairfield Me.) journal succeeded in
splitting a hurricane. Seeing it COM
ing straight towards his barn, he took
two boards and holding them with his
best hold, before the barn, the ends to-
gether in front of him so that they
formed a sort Of wedge, he spread the
hurricane apart, so that it only took off
two corners Of the barn. For prescrv-
ing barns or serving yarns, there's noth-
ing like ingenuity. II Boston Traveller.
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He Probably Didn't,

A tramp who called at a house on
Columbia street yesterday and asked for
money was handed a penny by the
woman.
Madame" he said, after he had
looked at it for moment, 81 hope you
have done nothing rashly-not deprived
your family of any of the necessities of
life or given me money which ought to
have been saved for rent"
"oh, well, she replied, as she made
ready to close the door, 1--WE are all ex-
pected and commanded to make sacri-
fees now and then. l hope you won't
gamble or get drunk with it, Detroit
Free Press.
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An Oregon Sand Storm

Trains on the Northern Pacific rail
road were recently detained between
Willows and Alkali, Ore, by a sand
storm. The wind blew so hard that the
locomotive headlight and lights in Ian
terms carried by the train hands were
extinguished, and sand drifted upon the
tracks faster than it could be shovelled
of. The only way the trains got through
was by shovelling the sand from
the track and pushing ahead
foot by foot, the sand closing in behind
the cars as fast as they were moved on.
= New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-03-11
Sunset.


A ball Of fro su pended
Low Ger a molten sea;
Infinite glory bleaied
Lost in eternity
A vivid Grim on raling,
With penc liugs Of sold
A white cloud outward sailing
Foam billows. foli on fold.
A quiyering ra liant raj ture,
Rel torches flaming high.
A thou.and wave that capture
Pale rose TINS from the sky
A lesser glory ben ling
With blue, more faint y bluel
a rosy light ascending
To pierce all distance through.
CommingIing tints grow fainter;
A dim fire burning low
All, never kill Of painter
Can m III cools 81
a mel owed De1uiy I'm se's,
A curtain, pearly gray,
Is drawn By unseen fingers
A res, the face o. day
Gone the r splendent wonlcr;
Gods glory a Sc away,
We stand the gray ky under,
Beside a sea Of gray
AMI sigh because lies story,
/ Ike sunsets heeting kiss,
Tells tales Of transient glory,
Lost rapture, vanished bliss.
Il Biooklyn Mayezi
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Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then NIr LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLt in many similar
ceses. and he has never yet heard Of its fail
ure to effect a radical cure.
Some years ago one of Mr.. LTLAND's farm
laborers bruised his leg Owing to the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
er lump appeared ON the injured limb. lIor-
rible itching of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost ntolerable. The leg became enor,
mously enlarged, ami running ulcers formed,
dischargius great quantities of extremely
extensive matter. No treatment was Of ANY
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELANp's direc-
ton was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
nILLA which allayed The pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
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WARREN LELAND,
whom everybody knows as the successful
manager of the
Largest HOte! Enterprises

IF America says that while passenger from
New York on board ship going around Cape
Horn, in the early days Of emigration to Cal
ifornia, he learned that one OF the officers of
the vessel had cured himself during tho voy.
age. Of an obstinate disease by the use Of
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.'No, you can't go. You are one of
the children who spit on the floor to-day,
and shall keep you here"
From II to II sat in a chair near the
stove, while he paced up and down and
muttcred and mumbled in a strange way
to himself. Whenever the fire got low l
repenshed it without objections from
him, nor did he seem aware of the storm
raging outside Just after midnight he
made me work examples o. the black
board for an hour and once or twice
Eecame very much cxcitel. According
to his theory must not figure that two
and two made four, but that the total
was nothing. This was setting the
world back. After rest we had a rcci-
tatlon in grammar, another in reading,
and at o'clock he rang the bell, and
cllmly observed:
Children, school is dismissed. To-
morrow being Saturday, there will be no
school"
Then, without even seeming to be
aware of my presence, he put on his
overcoat, drew his cap over his ears, and
passed out into the storm and left me
alone. loss no time in locking the
doo.s behind HIM, and it was not until
daylight that got over the feal Of his
return Soon after daybreak Uncle Billy
came for me, having been detained the
day before by SEX horse, and sending
M message which was not delivered.
We had scarcely finished breakfast when
the dead and froz body of my crazy
schoo master was brought in. He was,
in tuA, an old schooImaster, an had
gone insane and been confined in an
asylum at Cleveland Escaping from
the place, he went tramping over the
country and walked in upon me in the
queer manner l have related. III New
York Sun.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla

for rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
his belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to 1T for the cure Of Liver Disorders
Gout, the effects of high living, sat
Rheunn, Sores, Eruptions. and all the
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
70 the extraordinary curative powers Of
AYERS SARsAPARiLLA to see him person
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel
Long Branch or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2Sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge OF the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood poisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
Or. .J.C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold py all Druggists; 81, six bottles for IS.
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AIaska,s Wonderful Scenery.

From the northwest corner Of Wash
ington Territory, along the coast line of
British Colunbia, and as far north as
the city ofEJaneau, Alaska, nearly a
thousand miHs, apicturesquo panorama
of towering, .scipitous mountains and
broad riyes bays is spread out be-
fore n - evouring gaze of the
trav @H e's noblest efforts in
scen0 F. here displayed. 1t is
---,-.f q snssas ,a--A-slfL Pz..ur or
the mouhf regions OF Colorado
were part4 nken into the sea until
their gucHs 4 valleys were converted
into wat@ A grand salt water
river Gh6 md PASSAGE in PAGES
hundreds q &homs deep, with waters
as clear asa5 Alpine lake, whose shores
in places edn be reached by pebble
thrown fr5A the ships side, reaches
from Puget Sound as far up the coast as
Chilkoo, Al Ska, about 100 miles above
Juneau. An iimpenetrablo wall of cedar,
spruce and HemIock timber lines either
shore, reaching from the waters edge to
timber line On the mountain sides, and
as far inland as the eye can reach. TAX
ing our trip in the month Of December
arriving at Juneau on the 23d, We were
agreeabIy Surprised to find the weather
only modelE Etely cold and not at all un
comfortable The valleys above the sea
and lower mountains were entirely free
from snow and covered with vegetation
not yet turned brown by the hard frosts
of winter Il Alaska Free Press.
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PORT TOBACCO MARYLAND, MARCH H. 1887.

stovepiFe. BY and by it came to me
that hc'was an insane man, and for half
a minuta shut my eyes and had the
hardest kind Of a fight to keep from
faintiag away. When l opened them
he was regarding me with a cunning
lccr, and directly he said:
"You think you will run away from
school, but shall have my eyes on you
all the time. School will now begin"
lie went to my desk and rang the
handbsll in vigorous manner. picked
up a ruler aud book, and then, stand
ing in front Of the desk he, said to me:
Cas- in orthography come forward. ("
WhiIe as told you, l was terribly
frightened, Iha | the presence Of mind
to understand that | had lunatic to
deal with, aud chat he must be humored.
When he had repeated his command a
second time l went forward to recita-
tiou bench, and he began giving out
words for me to spell. The "lcsson"
was not half over when my belief in his
insanity was confirmed. After the fl st
few words he began to pronounced back
ward. When be gave out the word
unicorn he pronounced it "cornuni. 3"
When lgavo it the right pronunciation
and began to spell it in a proper way he
interrupted me with:
"Stop The world has been going on
too fast for the last fifty years, and must
stop, or be thrown off its axis. We
must 60 backward where we can"
In pursuance Of his theory he pro-
nouncel the word 'fulfP' as "flful, !"
and l humored him by spelling words
that way. After about half an hour he
laid the book down, complimenting me
On my smartness, and during recess of
five minutes he walked up and down the
floor, with his head down and his arms
behind him, like one in deep thought.
Thus TAR he had betrayed no temper nor
sign Of violence, and l began to breathe
easieS Ieven calculated that it might
be possible to trick him. He presently
called me up to recite in geography, and
here bis insanity was still more apparent.
When he asked me what an island was.
and received the answer as given in the
Iesso1 he struck the desk with his ruler
and exclaimed
'Is is not so. We have been fools.
An issind is hill 200 hundred feet high,
and i4esc hypocrites knew it ell the
time.7
1t vas II o'clock at night before he
ceased asking questions in geography.
Then asked for permission to go home
and Il my SLATE pencil. lie accorded
s-.5ssis - the locked door he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-25
The Georgia Temperance Campaign.
ATLANTA EDITORS IN THE CONTEST WITHOUT CON
MIfTIN9 THEIR PAPER.

MTTING THEIR PAPER.
The unique attitude OF the Atlanta Constitution
on the question OF prohibition, says a New York
Tribune special, adds comic element to the cam
paign In Georgia, which everybody Is enjoying
hugely. Editorially 1t says nothing, but its news
columns are literally sprinkled with frantic ap-
peals for and against prohibition each OF which Is
communicated That OF itself would be funny
enough. But two OF the editors and propretors OF
the paper, Messrs Grady and Howell, have entered
the fight, Mr.. Grady coming out for prohibition
and Mr.. Howell against prohibition. Their articles
nave appeared In the COnlstffutton marked "com-
munleated,' and are strong presentations OF their
respective Sides OF the question Since these ar
ucies nave appeared. paragraphs commencing
them, evidently editorial, but marked ''communi-
Gated" appear daily in the Constitution on
one page, for instance, the reader is Informed
that .tne prohibltionists are squirming over
Capt. H0wells able exposure OF their hypocrisy "
and on another page OF the very same paper he Is
told that the ants are wriggling under the bril-
Col Hemphill the principal owner OF the paper,
Keeps quiet. But this state Of affairs cannot last
long, and doubtless after the election On saturday
the Cbna futon Will mark out for itself definite
policy on the temperance question Whether this
will result In the retirement OF Col Grady or Capt
Howell remains to be seen.
The same may be said OF the result OF the cleo
ton Az present IL impossible to say how 1t Will
go, but the surface Indications point to victory
for the anti-prohibitionists But even II the pro-
hibitionists should be defeated they will not be
cast down. They declare that in some ways the
temporary triumph OF their enemies would be a
much more prosperous Atlanta is under prohibi-
ton than IL would be under the ''rue OF rum, as
they put II. IL Is only fair 70 adj that good men
are divided on the question, and the prohibition
OF many citizens who are strong believers In tenn
perance.
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Don DickinsOn's Prayer.
AN INVOCATION WHICH WON THE HEARTS OF MICHr-
GAN CONVECTION


GAN CoNvENTON.
Grand Rapids, Mich, special to the New York
World tells the following:
The appointment of Don NJ Dickinson to a posi-
ton In Mr.. Clevelands cabinet has revived recOl-
lections of scene during which was demonstrated
courage and a devotion such as is seldom wit
messed In politician. 1t was at a convention held
here In August, 1885. The Rev. Mr.. T1lden opened
the proceedings with q prayer In which he invoked
dressings on Jefferson, =. J. Ttlden and Others but
failed TO mention President Cleveland Mr.. Dick
lnson then arose TO address the convention. A
hush fell on the great gathering, as with head
erect and flashing eyes, he said:
"Mr Chairman and gentlemen OF the convention,
listened with bowed mead and reverent heart to
the eloquent invocation OF the reverend gentleman
with the sacred name. His Office here was to voice
the prayer In the hearts Of the members OF the
venti0n, but missed In his utterances that senti-
ment which believe TO be uppermost in every
breast In this body, and with the utmost rever-
ence can speak that sentiment" Then, with up
ultod hands, anu with full anu solemn yotoo he
added: "GOd bless and save and keep that demo-
Graf OF democrats, the nObesJ OF them all, Grover
Cleveland, President of the United States.r One
could have heard pin drop for an instant, and
then the crowd rose as one man. Hats, handker-
chiefs, and hands were thrown up, and such a roar
OF human voices rose IN wild cheering that speech
and business were suspended for ten minutes.
From that time Dickinson figuratively, was car
rfed In the arms OF the convention Not whisper
OF criticism was uttered against the Administra-
t1on, and strong ENDORSEMENT Of Cleveland went
through without dissenting voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-25
A silent Household.

MYERS HAD NOT SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE FOR TWO
YEARS BEFORE HE SHOT HER.
Chicago dispatch says: VIM. Myers the South
Chicago man who shot his wife and child ran
away, and afterward gave himself up to the police
has made statement Of the causes leading to his
terrible crime
''The trouble had been brewing for two years ~
he said. II have been married about twenty-four
years, but for the past two years had not. up TO
sunday last, spoken word to my wife: I'm fact
mad not even seen her more than three or four
times We lived In the same house. but whenever
she would hear me enter she would shut herself In
ner room and remain there until left About
three years ago she began to treat me with a sort
OF silent contempt which began finally 10 be so
unbearable that couldn't stand it. and left her
comparatively to herself. furnished the means
OF support, however
"wel, everything went along in that vay INIT,
up stairs. went 10 storeroom to get sometbing- i
found the door locked, and was about TO 90 for n
key when my daughter, seeing me- told me
should not go into that room. / asked her WHY foy
as IL was my house, supposed had right TO 90
where wished 10 In &c. Just then my wife an
peared on the scene with poker in her hand, and
declared should not enter. l then went out and
bought a revolver, intending 1t for self-defense
only, for feared there might be q man In the
house who would create a disturbance, for which
wished 70 be prepared.
II returned nome about O'Clock, and, going into
the parior, saw number OF strangers there
said Good evening" and sat down. Some time
after my wife turned TO me and asked II had not
been there long enough, at the same time slappina
me. LETT the room, and after the company haG
gone went 20 where my wife was ana shot her
Not knowing the result OF my work, left the
house"
There is very little hope OF saving Mrs Myers
nfe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-25

Six LOUISIANA RIOTERS KIILED.-The labor tro,l-
bles at Thibodeaux, LafOurche parish, La, culmi-
several negroes Two pickets stationed near the
railroad track at ThibOdeaux were fired on and
badly wounded by ambushed negroes. When the
news was brought to heaGQuartersa general alarm
was sounded, and on all sides men and boys fully
armed fell into ranks and at a dOuble-quick
marched TO the scene where the deed had been
perpetrated- THIS party drew f1re from ambush,
whereupon they returned the fire, and general
fusilade followed, which was kept up until the me-
groes were dispersed According to reliable In
formation six rioters are known TO have been
killed, and several more were wounded
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HER SPINAL CORD SEvBRED.-The case OF Mrs
Nellie Whetstine, who was shot down on the
street by her Jealous husband In Bridgeport Conn.
last summer, Is one that attracts considerable at
.entlon from the hospital physicians. She has
nearly recovered but the lower portion of her
body and her lower limbs arc pnralyzed. Her
spinal cord was severed by the pistol ball. and the
ends are now over an inch APART she IA able Ia
slt In a chair and TO do fancy work. but she viii
OF her life -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-25

SELLING NORTHERN PACIFIC BoSDs.-President
negotiations with Augusl Belmont and Henry
Willard, representing syndicate IN which the
RothschildS and the Deutsche Bank Of Rerlin are
the principals, for the sale OF S. 900 900 OF the
third mortgage bonds authorized at tine special
meeting OF the stockholders Of the Northern
Pacific Road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-25

COOP REPORTS FROM THE CROWN PRINCR-The
London Lancet has authority for the statement
that DR.. Mackenzie has received highly satisfac-
tory report as TO the condition OF Crown Prince
Frederick William. The weather was fine &C san
Reno yesterday, and the crown prince took both
O drive and q walk. He looked we'll and appeared
TO enjoy the exercise.
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A DcE PnIvnsxD m vnsuuA-A suecaa, syrsz
Pearisourg, Va, 70 the Lynchburr ldruWce says 4
cnaHengs 70 nGnt duei passed between Hon. W
gtnton, last Friday. They have been srresfed M
bound ovee % seep the peace In the sum q 40